I had a weird dream the other night. My husband and I and a few friends were running a race. We had to stop mid-way to serve lunch at a restaurant at which we would later have dinner - for free. The dream included me running in meat shoes (don't ask); obviously, not everything in the dream was salvageable for the purposes of this blog.
It made me start thinking. What if volunteer hours could used as a type of currency? I mentioned before that volunteer time is valued at over $20 per hour. What if your time was as good as cash? What if you could volunteer at Read Aloud Delaware or Faithful Friends, get a voucher for your time, and take it to a local business to get a meal, buy paper towels, or pick up flowers for your wife (hint, hint)? Haven't we all heard that time is money?
It may be a crazy thought. I don't know. But it's a thought.
With Delaware's "Week of Service" coming up (check out http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/), I challenge you to think outside the box as you choose the organization to which you donate your time.
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